I'm something of a tech amateur that's building myself a new gaming rig. As I have little knowledge/experience with the hardware/firmware/software involved in setting up a new rig, ideally I'd like to have as many of the pieces I buy work right out of the box, with minimal adjustments of settings.
That said, I'm still trying to get performance out of said pieces. Two of the pieces I'm looking at are a Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard and G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory. The stock clock of the motherboard is 2133, while the Ripjaws is rated at 2400. I know the motherboard is capable of supporting higher clock speed memory with overclocking, and I know that motherboards can run higher rated memory than their stock clocks by just slowing it down, but is this an automatic process? Can I just plug the 2400 memory into a 2133 clocked motherboard right out of the box and have it work, then just overclock the motherboard later? Or will the initial discrepancy in speeds make it not boot at all? Sorry if this is a silly newbie question, but the more complications I can avoid while building this machine the better. Thanks!
That said, I'm still trying to get performance out of said pieces. Two of the pieces I'm looking at are a Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard and G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory. The stock clock of the motherboard is 2133, while the Ripjaws is rated at 2400. I know the motherboard is capable of supporting higher clock speed memory with overclocking, and I know that motherboards can run higher rated memory than their stock clocks by just slowing it down, but is this an automatic process? Can I just plug the 2400 memory into a 2133 clocked motherboard right out of the box and have it work, then just overclock the motherboard later? Or will the initial discrepancy in speeds make it not boot at all? Sorry if this is a silly newbie question, but the more complications I can avoid while building this machine the better. Thanks!
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